Dress-vest.



M. ROLLNICK.

DRESS VEST.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1915.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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MORRIS ROLLNICK, on NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

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Specification bf Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed March 1, 1915. Serial No. 11,192.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORRIS RoLLNIoK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Flushing, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Dress-Vest, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to garments and has particular reference to the construction of mens vests.

Among the objects of the invention is to so construct a vest for use in connection with dress suits that the shirt. front will be prevented from bulging outward between or beyond the 'lapels of the vest, the side portions of the vest being arranged so as to bulge far enough to compensate for the tendency of the shirt front to bulge when the man is in a stoopingposition.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a view indicating a vest made in accordance with this invention in normal position; Fig. 2 is a similar view but showing the man in stooped position with h1s stiff shirt front bulging forward and showing the action of the vest; Fig. 3 .is a plan view of one side of the vest before assemblage; Fig. 4 is a similar view after the plait is made; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional detail on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4'.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I show a vest 1O pertaining to a dress suit, but obviously the invention need not be so restricted in its application since any other vest may be made in a similar manner for somewhat the same purposes. It is to be observed also that any kind of materials may be used in the carrying out of this 1nvention for practical purposes.

As shown herein, the vest includes rlght and left front portions 11 and 12, each having a lapel 13 cut low as is usual in thls type of garments. The side edges of the parts 11 and 12 are connected along vertical seams 14 to'a back 15, the back being ordinarily inelastic.

As shown in Fig. 3, each vest front is cut so as to provide a sort of inverted box-plait comprising an innermost panel 16 and s1de panels 17. The lines a show the connections between the panel 16 and the panels 17 and the lines 5 indicate the connections between the panels 17 and the main face portions of the side of the vest. As shown in Fig. 3, the lines Z) may be more or less curved to compensate for a curvature of the garment as applied to the figure in normal position. The upper and lower ends of the plait are held in fixed positions with respect to the main portion of the garment by virtue of the seams shown at the shoulder and at the pocket, and hence the plait cannot open at the ends. By comparing Figs. 1 and 2, however, it will be observed that while the man is, in erect position and the vest is fitted in proper form, the lines o, b at each plait coincide and are practically invisible even when the coat is removed. The coat, however, ordinarily covers this portion of the vest. When the man is in a stooped or crouching position, his stiff shirt front bulges outwardly in the middle, tending to protrude beyond the lapels 13 of the vest. The waist portion of the vest, however, being substantially tight-fitting, maintains a substantially uniform relationship between the waist portions of the shirt and the vest, and hence the bulging of the shirt front causes the opening of the vest at the plait portions, causing the lines Z), Z) to separate at each plait and hence allowing the lapel portions of the vest to maintain substantially their normal position with respect to each other and the shirt front. The plaited portions of the vest in this position or effect remain still substantially covered by the coat and hence the bulging at the plaits is practically unnoticeable.

In order to adapt the fullness of the vest side pieces to the pocket construction to carry out the invention in a practical manner, the lower portion of each side piece must be cut in a peculiar manner. A pocket in a garment of this character is ordinarily formed on a line oblique to the vertical lines of the vest and hence the lower rear corner 18 is severed from the portion forming the plait panels along a line 0, said line 0 extending from the edge 14: of the corner to the point (i at the lower end of the front line b. This line 0 is parallel to the pocket. The rear portion of the side back of the rear line b terminates at its lower end in a shouldered member 19 and a point 20. The front edges of these portions are 7 material, and the peculiar cutting of the pattern as shown in Fig. 3 insures a neat finish of the garment while providing for the plait in connection with the diagonal pocket. c

I claim:

1. The herein described dress vest having apocket in the lower portion of each side front, there being provided in each side front a vertical inverted box-plait having its upper end fixed and its lower end terminating atthe center of said pocket, the lower end of the plait also being held from opening, the portions of the plait between its ends being adapted to bulge outwardly, substantially as set forth.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for 2. The herein described dress vest cornprlslng side fronts, each formed with a diagonally' arranged pocket and in inverted plait extending from the pocket upwardly to" the shoulder, the main portion of the structure of the pocket and the plaited portion of the side front being cut from a single piece ofmaterial the lower rear portion of the side front being cut from the plaited portion on a straight line parallel .to the top of the pocket, and a portion of the side front adjacent the plait being cut as an extension below said straight line, said portion becoming a portion of the pocket when the plait is formed.

In testimony Whereofl have-signed name to this specification in the presence of two subscrlbmg wltnesses. V

MORRIS ROLLNI Q Witnesses: V

GEO. L. BEELER, Gnonen H. EMSLIE.

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